nedelja, 06. januar 2013

Ginger cookies / Ingverjevi piškoti

Happy 2013! I'm glad that this December circus finally ended! It's about time =). Where were you, what were you doing, who did you meet? I want to know everything! I was partying on 31. December, which is like a miracle for me (hmmm. ... maybe miracles will continue in 2013 ..). My last party night was in the summer, well at least I think...I'm not sure...oh who cares!My partying days are over and there's a lot of other things that enrich me and make me happy. I agreed that we go partying only because we all decided to go in this new club, called Goodlife, on Ljubljana Castle. I've never been there, so I thought, hmmm this could be interesting. So we went, five guys and me .... hmmm. Each year there's a fireworks on Ljubljana Castle and I found it insanely cool, that for the first time at midnight I will be right on the spot of all this happening. Well, it was foggy, we couldn't see anything but that's not the main problem. The main problem was that I felt like a deer in the woods, chased by men with guns! The whole time I just kept thinking poor animals scared by this, the pollution of nature and I almost turned into one of those trees huggers, seriously, no bullshiting! I know you probably aren't like that but I have to shout at someone: "People are miserable, arrogant, aggressive, and think only of themself and I like animals more the humans!" So....that will keep me calm for a little while.
Then we went inside the club ... I really liked the inside, the atmosphere. It was something different, it looked like a cave. The beat was seriously awesome as hell and it felt good, to feel that beat in my heart, after a long time. Since I do not drink, one Heineken was enough that I was slightly intoxicated. I drank another one ... I think..and juice and vodka, and that was it. All within normal limits ... until 4:20, when I was at home, I was already quite sober. The next day I was fresh as a peony and ahhhh, this is my kind of partying!
In 2013, I wish you passion in your heart, courage in your head and sincere smile on your face! Oh and these cookies, eat them fresh, they aren't that good days after, trust me!

With love, Neja

Ingredients

150 grams of butter

4 tablespoons agave syrup (instead of sugar)

2 eggs

tablespoon of vanilla sugar

pinch of salt

juice of one orange (medium)

handful of chopped almonds

handful of chopped hazelnuts

100 grams of dark chocolate - chopped

250 grams of hard flour

half ob baking powder

2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa

grated zest of one organic orange and lemon bio

grated ginger root (about 5 cm thick finger)

teaspoon of cinnamon

half teaspoon of nutmeg

The process
Melt butter, cool butter a little, add the agave syrup and vanilla sugar. During stirring, one by one, add the eggs and orange juice, grated orange and lemon zest and grated ginger.
Chopped hazelnuts, almonds and chocolate add to the mix.
In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, cocoa, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix ingredients and quickly stir with a spatula.
Design balls, flatten them and place them next to each other on the baking paper in a baking dish. Bake 16 minutes at 190 degrees.